Beit HaLev
Beit HaLev and Rabbi Galit-Shirah conduct online livestream Shabbat services every Friday evening and Saturday morning.
To join the Beit HaLev “Zoomagogue” interactive service, go to https://us02web.zoom.us/j/ 9152434704?pwd=THJGTE1O UXI5VXFDTWtuZHF4K3Vx-UT09. The meeting ID is 915 243 4704 and the passcode is RavGalit.
People can also join on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ galityomtovOn or YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/ UCU_ LHxFlq4- vsxs07HU1Rw.
Shabbat Ma’ariv services on Friday, May 5, at 5 p.m. and Saturday, May 6, at 10 a.m. include the counting of Omer.The Omer is literally a measurement of barley, but it serves as a method of counting the 49 days needed to arrive at Mt. Sinai-Beit Ha-Lev counts each day until the holiday of Shavuot, giving each day a virtuous attribute so that souls may ascend and purify before celebrate the Giving of the Torah. This week’s Torah reading is “Emor” (speak), from Leviticus 21:1-22:16, and continues the instructions to the Levites, Kohanim and their families on what is commonly referred to as the “Holiness Code.” Some of the criteria include regulations on choosing a wife, rules for disqualified Kohanim, sacrificial animals and sacred food.
All Beit HaLev services share special prayerbooks onscreen, “Lev L’Lev,” which include excerpts from the Reform Siddur, “Mishkan HaT’filah.”
Beit HaLev and Rabbi Galit-Shirah are a part of the Union of Jewish Universalist Communities and Clergy. It is progressive in thought and traditional in liturgy. Services are joyous, meaningful and musical. Beit HaLev welcomes everyone who seeks a path to the divine and doesn’t believe in labels. It considers all religions holy and valid.
To join Beit HaLev, call Rabbi Galit-Shirah at 562-715-0888 or email duets@ icloud. com. Contributions to Beit HaLev are welcome and may be sent to: Beit HaLev, P.O. Box 2279, Seal Beach, CA 90740.
